View gallery Image Credit: Tammie Arroyo / AFF-USA.com / MEGA Kanye “Ye” West allegedly “showed an intimate photograph of Kim Kardashian in job interviews” during his Yeezy partnership with Adidas, according to a new report by Rolling Stone. In the month since Adidas severed ties with West, 45, over his antisemitic comments, RS reports that … Read more
View gallery Image Credit: RMBI / BACKGRID Kim Kardashian, 42, wore a pair of her ex-husband Kanye West‘s now-discontinued Adidas Yeezy Slide Scoot shoes following his anti-semitic controversy. Kim rocked the black sliders while doing early Christmas shopping with her 9-year-old daughter North West, in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 20. This marked the first time … Read more
Adidas says it still plans to sell Yeezy designs — just with a different name. The shoe and apparel brand announced its intentions to keep selling Yeezy products — which were created by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West — in a quarterly earnings call Wednesday. “I can confirm that Adidas is the sole owner … Read more
New York CNN — Okabashi, an Adidas manufacturing partner and family-owned footwear company in Buford, Georgia, has laid off 142 employees as a result of Adidas ending its partnership with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. “As of right now there are not enough orders to keep all employees busy with work. Very regrettably, Okabashi … Read more
New York CNNBusiness — Yeezy merchandise has no place to go. Retailers are dumping it. Resellers are blocking new product listings associated with it. Even off-price outlets like TJ Maxx don’t want any goods associated with hate-speaker Kanye West, the embattled rapper who has legally changed his name to Ye. So where will the mounting … Read more
Demand for Yeezy brand shoes is rising among sneakerheads after Adidas pulled the plug this week on its commercial partnership with Ye, the rapper better known as Kanye West, over his antisemitic remarks. In the three days since the sportswear giant’s announcement, trade activity on Tradeblock — a barter-based platform for sneakers, with about 200,000 users … Read more
View gallery Image Credit: LAGOSSIPTV/BUZZIPPER / BACKGRID Khloe Kardashian was seen wearing Yeezy sneakers after Kanye West was dropped from Adidas due to his anti-semitic comments. The Kardashians on Hulu star, 38, stepped out for ice cream in Calabasas with her daughter True, 4, on Wednesday, Oct. 26. She was seen in a light gray 350 Boost … Read more
New York CNN Business — “When it starts to get crazy, then run away,” Kanye West once sang. Adidas followed his advice. Where to start? After a social media uproar Adidas cut ties with Ye, the artist formally known as Kanye West (and formerly known as a billionaire) joining the long list of brands that … Read more
Adidas’ move to part ways with Ye over his antisemitic comments raises questions about the future of one of the world’s most coveted, and commercially valuable, sneakers. In the short term, the sudden split effectively ends production of all Yeezy products by the German sportswear giant, dealing a significant financial blow to Adidas. Yeezy accounted for … Read more
Gap is removing all Yeezy Gap products from its stores and the retailer’s e-commerce site amid growing backlash over antisemitic comments by Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. In September, West severed his shoe and clothing deal with the retailer, with his lawyer telling CBS MoneyWatch at the time that Gap had failed … Read more